Politics
U.S. and Ukrainian officials held what they called productive peace talks in Florida on Sunday, though U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said much work remained.
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed he had spoken with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and said he had closed Venezuelan airspace, while a Republican senator said Maduro could go to Russia.
Israeli forces continued operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, killing dozens, prompting East Jerusalem evictions and blocking some aid deliveries, aid groups and local officials said.
Bipartisan lawmakers said a U.S. follow-up strike on a Venezuelan vessel that targeted survivors could amount to a war crime and opened congressional probes.
Two National Guard members were shot and wounded in Washington, D.C., authorities said, and a detained Afghan suspect prompted Donald Trump to announce a long-term suspension of asylum.
In Honduras’s presidential vote, right‑wing candidate Nasry Asfura, backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, led partial results as Trump vowed to pardon an ex‑president and threatened aid cuts.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Britain launched a renewed push to reform welfare spending and defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves after Conservatives accused her of manipulating budget figures.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally asked Israeli President Isaac Herzog for a preemptive pardon, seeking to halt his corruption trial, a move critics said would subvert due process.
Swiss voters on Sunday rejected proposals to impose a universal citizen service and a 50% inheritance tax on the wealthy, voting overwhelmingly against both initiatives.
The AfD founded a new youth organisation, "Generation Deutschland", in Gießen, prompting protests that erupted into clashes leaving dozens injured, and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warned of extremist tendencies.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Beirut on Sunday and urged Lebanese leaders to make peace their highest priority, calling on Christians to remain and endorsing a two‑state solution.
President Donald Trump announced he would keep a pause on asylum decisions indefinitely after a shooting near the White House that killed a National Guard member.
Reporters and election observers said groups wearing Rixi Moncada shirts forcibly entered vote-counting centers in Tegucigalpa, expelled observers and journalists and fueled opposition claims of result manipulation.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said global arms sales reached a record high in 2024, driven by wars and conflicts; German firms' revenues rose while China's fell.
The Pope defended creation of a Palestinian state as the only solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict while visiting Lebanon, saying Israel still did not accept it.
In a televised interview, former Valencian emergencies minister Salomé Pradas accused former president Carlos Mazón of hiding his whereabouts during the deadly dana and using her as a scapegoat.
The Verband der Familienunternehmer in Germany retracted its plan to host AfD lawmakers after widespread criticism and company exits, a move politicians from the CDU and SPD welcomed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky flew to Paris to seek European support after he dismissed powerful presidential chief Andriy Yermak amid a corruption scandal which shook his administration.
United Nations estimates showed Jakarta had become the world's largest city with about 42 million residents, overtaking Tokyo in the UN's latest population assessment.
Hong Kong authorities arrested a university student under the national security law after the Wang Fuk fire that left 146 dead, which critics said aimed to silence calls for accountability.
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Pope Leo XIV visited Beirut, urged Lebanese to stay in their country and reiterated support for a two‑state solution for Palestine, which Israel has not accepted.
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Vilnius airport was closed after Lithuanian authorities reported suspicious balloons near the runway and called the incidents a hybrid attack possibly tied to Belarus-launched smugglers.
At their federal party congress, Germany's Greens struggled to define a clear political direction, focusing on internal debates and contentious issues such as Gaza policy, conscription and private-jet rules.
Tens of thousands rallied in Madrid on Sunday as the right‑wing opposition demanded Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s resignation and snap elections over corruption allegations, after a former transport minister's arrest.
